Might I politely suggest you do not understand how pep wants City to play, especially when you start talking about square, backwards and vertical passes?
Your “vision” of the game is different from Pep’s. Not necessarily worse, but different.
In addition, he points where the player should be to OPEN UP the space for the passer. Football is a game of triangles. If you move into one space, you’ve opened up another space. When the ball goes into that space, at least two players should be moving to create the next space, and on and one and on. Options, open man, open space. Love it, live it, learn it!